August 23, 2011 5:52pm EDTAugust 23, 2011 5:11pm EDTFor those lucky kids who live near Green Bay's Lambeau Field -- where the reigning Super Bowl champion Packers will host the New Orleans Saints in Week 1 on Thursday night -- the game is a chance to get out of classes early.

While students across the nation are getting back to school, the NFL is getting ready to get "Back to Football" with the 2011 regular-season set to kick off on Sept. 8. For those lucky kids who live near Green Bay's Lambeau Field -- where the reigning Super Bowl champion Packers will host the New Orleans Saints in Week 1 on Thursday night -- the game is a chance to get out of classes early.

ABC affiliate WBAY-TV in Green Bay reports Wisconsin's Ashwaubenon school district is scheduling a half-day session for the Packers' prime-time opener. According to the report, the intention is "to help get the students to their homes safely" before the crowds and media pile up on the town of 104,057 for all the Packers-Saints festivities.

Kindergarteners and elementary schoolers will have a little extra time to prepare for their pregame tailgate, getting out at 11 a.m. CT. Middle and high schoolers will need to wait a whole half-hour later, 11:30 a.m. That's still a good eight hours before the 7:30 p.m. CT start.

It may sound like a cheesy gesture, but considering it's Green Bay, aka Titletown, it's perfect and necessary. It's like a holiday for the NFL's smallest market, yet another chance to have a victory celebration for their beloved Packers.

As far as who will provide the musical entertainment for the evening, WBAY reports the NFL is still working with a second party in putting together a lineup. More details about that event are expected to be revealed next week.

You can bet this news makes quite a few teachers and administrators in the Ashwaubenon district very happy, too. We can only expect Friday, Sept. 9, will be a big day for substitutes there.